Archives
January 20, 2012
Column
- Tread carefully and do the math when looking at REITs
- Ron Paul's moment
- California cap and trade program likely to face legal challenges
- Mitt Romney and his critics
Nation
- Alabama Legislative fight over historic artifacts looms
- National Roundup
- California Bounty hunter called parolee before suicide
- California State hopes for end to court oversight of prisons Federal judge is prepared to end monitoring of inmate medical care
Business
- Real Estate Bad year for builders ends on hopeful note Builders broke ground on 657,000 home in December, 3rd straight monthly increase
- Real Estate Rate on 30-year mortgage down to record 3.88 pct., but few takers Cheap rates have done little to boost home sales
- Consumer prices flat for 2nd straight month
- Economy Looking up -- slightly and slowly Unemployment claims at 352,000, fewest applications since 2008
- $25B mortgage settlement between nation's major banks, states 'close' Proposed deal could be announced within weeks
Courts
- Supreme Court Notebook
- Supreme Court Watch High court signals continuing preference for arbitration Consumer advocates decry decision for its impact on plaintiffs
Feature
headlines Detroit
headlines National
- ABA Legislative Priorities Survey helps members set the agenda
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- Judge gave ‘reasonable impression’ she was letting immigrant evade ICE, ethics charges say
- 2 federal judges have changed their minds about senior status; will 2 appeals judges follow suit?
- Biden should pardon Trump, as well as Trump’s enemies, says Watergate figure John Dean
- Horse-loving lawyer left the law to help run a Colorado ranch
